Extreme non-LTE H2 in comets C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) and C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-471

  Liu, Xianming ^a   Shemansky, Donald E ^a   Hallett, Janet T ^a   Weaver, Harold A ^b  

^a Space Environment Technologies ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Comets: individual (C 2000 WM1, C 2001 A2); Molecular processes; Ultraviolet: solar system

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248378245     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511686     Document Type: Article

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